date:Feb 17, 2014
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Mr Pesonen said: We still have great concerns as prescriptive rules will not address the real needs on farms. It is much better dealt with at farm level. Costs and benefits have not been assessed, and there is a clear risk of it being counterproductive, leading just to more paperwork and red tape.
We believe that an open and intelligent dialogue is needed, where real needs of farmers are examined in order to help prevent diseases from emerging in the first place. We should build on the posi